Wednesday, 23 March 2011

census: arms, rocks and hard places - the answer?

If, like me, you feel caught between a rock and a hard place, as they say, vis a vis the UK census (see my post 'things to be up in arms about' – in brief, the census being administered by arms manufacturers and Abu Ghraib etc interrogators Lockheed Martin), because on the one hand ethically you cannot support this and feel that acts of civil disobedience are called for at such times, but on the other you want to provide info (as long as it's secure, which is another issue with the US-administered census) to our government that will help their planning and spending on services, you might be interested in this very helpful link: http://www.peacenewslog.info/2011/03/how-to-fill-in-your-census-form-without-lockheed-martin-profiting-short-version/

***

Later: my daughter tells me from various peaceblogs she's been looking at that this may not be the answer, as it'll be the workers who suffer, as they're on £4 per form piece rate. If anyone has any further thoughts or helpful info, I'd appreciate knowing.

***

Later still: a Buddhist contact sent me a link to the job description for the census processing facility. Looks like an hourly rate after all; although it's not clear exactly whether that applies to those who will be entering manually the info provided by those of us who are following the guidelines in the peacenews link above.

I'd still appreciate any further info, especially if you have links; if you refresh this page the Comments box should appear; if not, try commenting on my original 'up in arms' post... More when I know more.

websites

Subscribe To

COPYRIGHT

Welcome to these words, friends, and I hope you find something of interest here. I'd love it if you signed up to follow (bottom), told others about and/or linked to this blog, commented or of course bought a book! If you know of a blog I might like to check out, do please tell me.

I'm passionate about many things, but I'm increasingly realising that one way or another they're all about relationship: our interconnectedness, and finding ways to make conscious and wise our relationship to self and other (in which I include all species and the planet). Something to do with being earthstuff and starstuff both, all of us, and learning how to cherish. See my 2 websites, above.And 'qualia'? Well, loosely, the quality of individual subjective conscious experience; eg the perception of a colour, or experience of a journey; our experience of person-ness. (G defines it neatly: 'Qualia are what save us from being machines.') Sits nicely, in my imagination, with quanta. Quanta & qualia. Like bookends. Or pillars of the temple. Or cats – heaven forbid...

It has been brought to my attention that various posts here have appeared in slightly different forms elsewhere without my permission and without crediting me, along with work from my websites, courses and books. This is plagiarism.

The work on this blog and my two websites, Fire in the Head & The Wild Ways, is my own work, developed over decades. None of the people who have studied with me or worked alongside me, or anyone else visiting these sites, is or has been authorised to use it.

Looking for Icarus

the reprint of my first collection

The Burning Ground

Available in paperback & Kindle from the usual outlets, or order by clicking image

River Suite: limited edition of 300 copies, some still available via Paypal, below

Roselle's long poem sequence with photos by Vikky Minette. You can hear a recording of Roselle reading the poem on SoundCloud by clicking the image.

All the Missing Names of Love (2012; poetry)

Bardo

2011; prose-poem & poems

Imago

2011; timeslip novel

Writing the Bright Moment – inspiration & guidance for writers

NOW REPRINTED and available below! The workshops in printed form – over 350 pages; much-acclaimed.

BUYING BOOKS

books (n.b. the postage is for mainland GB. Please ask if elsewhere)

Follow by Email

Contact Form

Name

Email
*

Message
*

the copyright thing

I'm very happy for you to quote from these posts, but please credit me and provide a link to this site. All the text and images on this blog are copyright by myself or the credited poet/author unless it's something like an environmental charity circular. You'll need written permission from me to use whole articles, or my images. Thanks for your attention to this.

I don't know exactly what a prayer is.I do know how to pay attention, how to fall downinto the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,which is what I have been doing all day.Tell me, what else should I have done?Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?Tell me, what is it you plan to dowith your wild and precious life?

Mary Oliver

The entire cosmos is a cooperative. The sun, the moon, and the stars live together as a cooperative. The same is true for humans and animals, trees, and the Earth. When we realize that the world is a mutual, interdependent, cooperative enterprise – then we can build a noble environment. If our lives are not based on this truth, then we shall perish.